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Namecheap terminating all services for Russian residents
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Good. Fuck Russia and Putin. STAND WITH UKRAINE. #Ukraine
That's the unfortunate part. In the end that's the people who choose their leaders and only them can overthrow them.
I know it may be hard for you to grasp how dictators such as Putin can be overthrown, but fear not, there are great articles on how Tunisia, Romania, Iran, Egypt, and heck even Ukraine have done that.
It's just sad that normal Joes have to first experience the progressing collapse of the country, sometimes for decades, before they unite.
Don't you dare to say that.
You made me say that.
Guys, with all respect to Russian people - your society is heavily sick and you don't do anything to fix this. Law doesn't work. You can't even say a word. If you, in millions, would spill into streets and protest this, your few ruling few wouldn't have any choice. But very much of you, people, have slaves morale. There are extremely brave people as well, like Navalny or even Gudkov, or Politkovskaya was, and, of course, hero of your nation - Nemcov. But saying that you're against the war is the purest grotesque at this time.
I still remember, when I was a kid, I was the first start wearing the badge with national flag in school, in we were still in the USSR. Later there were writings on the walls everywhere - "Red army, go home". If I knew that my relatives, friends are killing civilians few kilometers away, I would take my arms and go to stop them.
Million of Germans paid for what their leader did in WWII. Now you are starting to pay for yours.
If you want to live among civilized people, you have to change. Consider all these measures as cold shower, I think it can and will help us all to get out of this hell.
This. The day the Russian people start taking up arms and start rioting in the streets is the day I'll respect Russians in general. Peaceful protests do nothing in a state as decrepit and broken as Russia. Start killing Russian government officials and start burning down government facilities.
Look at Hong Kong.
Millions rose up. In the end, Chinese government got what they wanted.
It's not that easy.
The rest of China didn't. Thats why nothing happened. Millions of people against billions of people.
So the ball is in the russians court. They can either endure the results of war and live very differently from how they used to, or they can change the way they are ruled. Unfortunately no other way around it.
All this posturing is quite funny. How about using the money to hire mercenaries or buy weapons/ammunition for Ukraine? I think that will have a bigger impact on the war than getting rid of a few domains.
Hell, how about paying people to document these alleged war crimes? That will probably have the biggest impact on the war, as it will cause foreign countries to intervene.
You take away the rest of the world from people - they tend to go for a change. So it will definitely have a big impact, because it is not just about the domains. Its banks, flights and everything in between. Domains are just a small, but needed step.
Which is happening right now. Plenty of video evidence, most of which is available on social media. And not paid for. It's just how the 21st century works. People have a 64MP cameras in their pockets, and are not afraid to use it. And I am sure there is plenty more. And Ukraine has already filed a claim for war crimes against Putler and his goons.
not surprised as Namecheap has majority support agents from Ukraine, had issue in past with personal domains so moved away and prices are not cheap as advertised by name.
Why would they? Especially now that full-on (and at times stupid, cf. this thread) economic sanctions will make them more anxious about their bank account, jobs, and next meal... than about fulfilling the Western World's dream of happy free non-nationalistic PBS-craving Russians.
Pointless move by NameCheap, however I fear losing access to one registrar among others will be the least of their issues.
Unless you get ICANN on board, it's useless. They will simply go to a different provider. In my opinion, using their money to aid Ukraine is much more productive.
I haven't come across any videos of war crimes. Care to point me to some?
Funny, some people seem to be unable to escape their simple minded black-white good-evil prison and also seem to be unable to discern between [russian, us-american, ukrainian, whatever] government vs. people.
What happened isn't a russian (or us-american) thing. It's a private company arrogates to punish (not really, but that's their clear intention) people of some nation.
Btw: How would the same people who now say "f_ck Russia" react if they, say the us-american or the european people were subjected to such an abominable action? Quite probably they'd suddenly discover that the us-american or european government != the us-american or european people.
I do not think this will do anything but inconvenience everyday people unfortunately
Not if every provider does it. But it needs to start somewhere.
Either way - it is a private company, with a large amount of Ukranians in their staff, that has the rights to refuse customers as they see fit. It doesn't matter what you or I think, it matters what they think. And they made a decision. I personally support it, but that is just me.
Not my job to show you, not your job to make a decision on the issue. :-)
There is an official complaint, with said supporting evidence.
If you want to find out more - social media is your friend. Use own judgement to decide if real or not, war crime worthy or not.
US people said fuck America when they went to war for oil too.
So you are blind?
ONE example out of MANY
Well, to be fair, it's a fucking war. What do you expect? Rainbow parades?
It's a war crime.
Just don't watch the one with father-son-dogs...
https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/search?q=flair_name:"War Crimes"&restrict_sr=1
Good for Namecheap. I hope others follow until the dictator put-in gets put-out.
dick move. punish innocent people.
No more Namecheap. because they could take away my services at any moment.
Yeah I'm pulling what I have left with namecheap. Quite frankly, I haven't trusted my government for all of my adult life thus far, enough to feel even a little comfortable that I won't be next. What we did in Syria was all of these things, there were just less cell phones to capture it and the US media liked the president.
Sanctions are one thing, but if having a government that doesn't violate human rights and kill innocent people is a requirement, I'm already excluded.
lol, fuck off namecheap
Pretty sure you'd get your ass kicked for having a rainbow parade in Ukraine, war or no war.
They are doing both...
@NobodyInteresting I definitely agree that private businesses can choose who to conduct business with; but giving such short notice for termination(especially for a reason out of their control) is a horrible look. I'm glad I've stayed away from their services.
And yes, it's not your job to show me evidence, but making an accusation like that without backing it up makes you seem like a troll.
@Arkas In regards to the first video: is there proof that missile was fired by russian forces? is there proof that they intentionally targeted a civilian building? For all we know it could have been an accident(for example a missile that missed its target) or malfunctioning system. Why didn't they just carpet bomb the whole area if they wanted to kill civilians? Very strange. It's not a crime unless there's intent.
Second video: it doesn't seem like the hospital was specifically targeted, but a skirmish occurred right outside of it. Without more information, we can't decide who's at fault; maybe the Russians were targeting the hospital and the Ukranians attempted to defend it, or maybe the Ukranians used the hospital as a sort of "shield." Again, without intent there isn't a crime.
@MrPsycho The father, son, & dogs video does appear to be a war crime. However, we cannot confidently judge it. First, we don't see who's shooting. Second, it seems like there was other debris in the area, were they driving into an active battle?
While some people in this thread appear to have already made up their minds, I am attempting to remain impartial until damning evidence is brought forth. I just hope y'all don't take videos on the internet for fact; videos can easily be fabricated or presented deceptively.
Stay armed and stay safe.
A stupid decision that only hurts the innocent.
It's the end of putin. The Russian elite will not accept this. By the end of this year, put-in, will be no more and Russia will once again reclaim its glory.